Improved cab-ooupiiig



L. HMONZERT.

Car Coupling.

Patented Aug. 25, 1868.

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Beit k nown thnt I, LEONARD Monznnr, oi'jthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a. new and improved Coir-Coupling: and'I dohoreby declsr-e that the, following is a full, clcaiflend exnctdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in" the art to make and us'eftho some, reference being hzid to the accom- Figure 1 represents s, longitudinal section of my iuiproved eurcoppiing. t

Figure 2 is u sidcview of tiresome. H Figure-3 is a. verticaltrunsverse sootionofis modification of the same.

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This invention relates to, a. new cor-coupling, of that class in which two jaws areemployed fol-holding the.

. connecting-link, and consists in theapplicution of a r ng which is fitted around the coupling-box, andwhichby being turned, serves to lock the jaws together,'or to release them to' allow theiropening, as may be desired.

The coupling-box may ho of ordinary or suitable construction, and 's o-may the jaws, and the ring msy be.

pivoted to the outside of the box, so as to swing around the pivots, or it maybe arranged to slidesround the box, in which case it shouldbe provided with notches,which,when brought inline w'iththe jaws, allow the some tcsn'ing npurtnnd to release the link. i i I I v A, in the drawing, represents aJ-eoupling-hox of ordinary or suitable construction, secured in any suitable manner to :1. our of suitable description.

In-it are pivoted, at or near their rear ends, we jaws B 13, whioh have recesses, a a, cut into'their contiguous edgcsfoi' the reception of the link.

. The jaws are either secured by means of'onc single pivot or by separate pivotsb b, as shown. in'fig. v1.

C represents a ring, pivoted, by meansof pins (1 c, to the outside of'the box A, so that it can swing around these pins'in the manner indicated by red lines in fig. 1. V 1

When the ring is turned so 115 to stand vertical, itwill hold thejuws olosed,.but when turned so as to stand inun inclined. position, it will rcleasewhc jewsQnot being then any more .in contact with their outer edges, endwvillnllow the jaws to swingupart either to receive or discharge the link. 7 I

, Thc'b'uter edges of the jaws are so formed that they willbe out of contact with th e'ringlwhen thesume is in the aforesaid inclined position. v

For this purpose depressions, d d, are, formed in their said outeredges. To facilitntethe operation of the ring, a handle, D, is secured to it, as shown. To the upper end of D'moy 'be pivoted another handle E, which, when th placed-with its outer end, or with a projecting portion, a, against the upper'edgc ofthe upper jaw, as in fig. 1.. The jnws will then be firmly locked by the ring, and the latter will nlso be locked by thebrace E, so that the jarring of'the moving csr'cannot displace it. I

" Instead of hcving'theri'ng-C swinging oround'the pivots c, thc'bok, as in fig. 3, which case there'should be notches, ff, cut into its inner edge, as shown.

I When these notchbsnrc, by turning-the ring, brought inline with the jaws, the' la tt crc'en be Opened.

The main advantages of thisfinvention are,; that cars can becoupled without requiring admin to stand hem, than tl 'cycun bciuncoupled while in motion, and that the connection will 'be substantial and 'it may be arranged to turn wroundthebodyoi between t durnble. I i This coupling can be used in many other suitable purposes. v

Instead oihaving both jaws pivctcd, one may be rigidlysecured in the box.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-Q The pivoted ring 0, arranged with relation to the jaws B B, provided w operetin-ges set forth, whereby the ring is swung beck over the depressions, to permit the opening of the and swung forward to securely lock and hold them inplace, as herein described and shown.

LEONARD MONZERT. I

otonlyon cars, hut-also oncurriages, cunel-boats, for holding anchors, and for ith concentric depressions d, all jaws,

- i I Witnesses: Wu. F. MeNsnin Atsx. F. Boss-are."

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